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Re: How do I allow empty passwords?



> I wonder if `min=4' means that the password must be four characters
> long (although if that's the case, I wonder why I got away with using
> `bob').  In any case, I haven't been able to find any documentation
> for the arguments `nullok obscure min=4 max=8'.  `man pam.d' tells me
> to look at the "Linux-PAM system administrators' guide", which doesn't
> answer my question, and which doesn't appear to be part of any Debian
> package (that's annoying -- the Man page refers me to it, but it isn't
> included with Debian).

apt-get install pam-doc

> Anyway: how do I do it?  And in general, where do I find the
> documentation with which I could have answered the question myself?

The manual will be installed in html format. You'll see that there is a
way to disable obscure checks.

Ben

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